Means or appliance for stripping cartridges from charger-clips



H. R. NOBTHOVER. MEANS 0B APPLIANCE FOR STBIPPING CARTRIDGES FRO! CHARGER CLIPS.

Patented Oct 12, 1920.

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APPLICATION ill-ED IAI. 5. "l8- H. B. NORTHOVER. I

MEANS 0R APPLIANCEIOR STRIPPING CARTRIDGES FRON CHARGER CLIPS. 'APPLICATIOI man 1.5. ml.

1,355, 34, 1mm 0ct.12, 1920.

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mmmam k ld $1, I l S -9'\ AZ Z BEST AVAlLABLE" co ukv H mm, m me eases rswsmm To aZl wlzomit ha 5mm.- I Be it known that 1, HABRY. ROBERT' N QBT H- oven, a subject .of the. King of; Great Britain,

and resident, of. innipeg -Manitoba,- Dpe minion of-.---C a'nada,' have invented certainnew and useful'lmprovements in Means or Appliances for1 Stripping Cartridges .irom

Char er-Clips, .ofwh1ch theefollowin'g-is a speci 1cation.---' p i It is now the-general practice for small-', arms ammunition to-:be1 issued; to troops on service in eharger-clips,,so that when-such ammunition is required to be-used for'filling Lewis gun and similar. magazines machine gun Ibe ts and stripe-chargers andj thelike, the cartridges have; to be removed from. the clips before they-eanlbe laced in thexhqp, per or cartridge receptao e-of the-ma zine or beItTfiIIing ;machine.;; This; stripping of the cartridges fr'om charger-clips; 1s airop oration whichiat present has tobeperiormed by hand,-and-whichds'liable to mvolve the loss otvaluable timewhen magazin'es belts; or the like, have to be filled in the field. I, The object of the" present invention is to obviate or avoidhififiisadvaritagmand it consists in, an-arrangement or means which is capable of-heeine afpl e o r m e 'wi any magazine, e t," or- ;1ike fillingm'achine, and'which enablesfcartridges to be m'echanically stripped "or removed n from utheir charger-cl ps direct into ;the ,hopper or like cartridge-receptacle,pf the machine and also ciiectsgthe mechanical eieetion of theempty clips, thereby enablin cartri 4 plied to thesaid mac me as i set as a man can place theclips ofgaiiimunitionwin the stripper. L 1 x j a While, as alreadyfstatedptlie invention capable of application to anymachine {oi-LI filling machine-gun ma ,aines, beltschargersand the-'like, propose to, escri the same, by we of tex a mple, initsapplic'a tion to the?cartr1'dge supp1ysystem of a ma.- chine for'fillingthema'gazines of Lewis guns of the kind described in the, specification I'of my application;for Letters 'Patent' serial No,

176863; reference being bad; to the 'accompanying draw-ings in'which'' I Figure 1 is all-elevation o f the said Lewis magazine fillingf'machine to the cartridge hopper 'of'whichisapplied a mechanical carv tridg e -striPb r andclipi' in accord ance with-the presentinventiom 'Eig..-2 is asectional elevation of the car- (ridge-stripper. part of the machine,- showing a'clip-o ammunition positioned-therein ready ,for 'the. cartridges tojbe transferred intothe hopper; i 1

; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation similar to F igi 2, but'on'a largerfscale, and'showing how a clipof ammunition isiintroduced later'ally into the appliance. I v

.Fig; .4'is-another view like Fig.3, but it showsthe cartridgesstripped from the clip and-being guided into the iopper of the machine, and it also shows how the emptyclip is ejected after the cartridges have been removed therefrom.

:Figsw5 and 6 are tw *sctional'views taken respectively on the-dotted; lines a: and m, Fig. 2, showingghowtheblipis: ositionedin the? machine during thefcartri ge-stripping operations 1 Fig; 7 is a-section of-Fig; 3 on-the": dotted lineiwif 1;,1 a. Thei'same letters of referenceindicate corresponding partsin the several-figures of the dravvin e,-

Wis-magazine filling mach ne shown in Fig-l embodies acartridge hopper or receptacle a', and the side; of the-sa d hopper into which the head ends, of' the' cartridges are delivered; prior to being into the ma ag ng, is rovided mtl an u r i'ght c ar' tri ge-gaide 4 consisting of the iannel -scctioned casting whose internal sectional shape conformsapproxima itelgdo :the shape of the 1 r1 headend of the ca e. The inner "side of this guide: is open an 'i ts' rrangemen s such that, when t s vhead ends; of; cartridges are introduced into the nip ierenditliercof; the said gartridges' will jfal y' gravity down the guide, in the mannenshqfi'il iii Fig; 4 and a will .thjql h y he delivered or fdireted ntoithe e I I H ccordingto the pleat;anaem a ee -Tite str p em r si ion .fr c s nto; the cartridge-guide of the "hopper, and

for 'ejectin the empty-'clips'f areprovided or arrange in the upperpartoijthc said hopper That is to say,"the re is.formed in the outer side'of theiipper part of the cartridge guide I), an aperture or opening'c, of

BEST AVAlLABLE COPY ends of, the cartridges leading, laterally thereint'o, as shawl! in;Fig.j2, and' the inter-ti nal space between the webs b, b, of the channel-sectioned guide is .wide enough to admit the winged, d,"of the clip d-but'it'is narrow errthankthe back ,d of 'thesaid cli so that wheh'fthe full clip 'is re'ssed t homerinto the ,a erture c,- (as s own in ig.

eythe' side" sea in'gs 'that "exist at 'dfl'd, o the clip take their abutments'h ainst thel outer edges of the said webs b, of the guide, as'showngin the cross sectionFig; 4.

urther, after 'the-lateral'insertion of the' i fullclip and-"when'the headings find their hearing against the edges- Of-the-i websites abov'e stat'ed'; the said clip is slight] lowered,-

' which brin' s the bottom edges '0 the sidewings'fand eadin onto abutments or clip supporting shoul ers e-that are formed on the inner-faces ofi the webs'b b.-- In this mannery-theclip is positioned; and firmly supported inside the guide (seeiFig. 2.) in away that-Qthe head ends of the cartridges held in thesaid clip comeover or re ister with the-'open-fsided channel which eads down 1 to -the=cartridge hopper of the machine 1: t :1 {I I,-I

For stripping or displacing the car trid esdownwardly from the clip'into'the gui e" (so.- that they--may" drop-thenceiby gravity into the hopper) the head. f. d f the guide member is fitted' with a spring-influenced plunger ';jwhose stem g-"extends as shown in Fig. 4, but is normally=held been introduced and positioned in the ma.-

chine, theb'ase'or foot of the plunger comes immediately above the base' end of the uppermost cartridge'as shown in Fig.'"1,"so

that 'orrth' 581d plunger being pressed smartly -dev1i;=-it'- will force "the cartridges therefrom 'itleverjli is 'pivoted at 'h Fin an open-sided slot or clearance 'h" inithe'car-' tridge-gu de head," The; upper limb 'h'. 'of I this lever eigtendsj't above 'the said head and lies in'th'ep'ath 'of movement of. tl 1ekn'c' b on the an in'"- l'un'ger while'the lo'wer.

" eiew theslot v nes the I i iinb' h depends H aperture 9; the lever being influencedb'y a spring '5 which normally maintains the same inthe 'positi'onshown'in Fig; ego that,-'on a clipof ammunitionheingintroduced and'pb'e sit1oned in the aperture, its beading glfwill come against the, edge of the lower l mb h. of. the said leveras'sh'own in Fig. 4 and, in the sectional view Fig fi, while whenpthe stripping plunger is operated, and after it a. r pp 'si 1 vice, operated from thd'cartridge-stripper through a'clip of cartridges-ma du'ced, saidaperture being forlne with seat- "ings for supporting or -po'sitioning 'the clip,

,ture.

ll re'ss'ure' on the strippingplunger'being then relieved, the plunger and ejector springs function to restore the lunger and ejector to the positions shown in ig. 3;leaving the appliance ready for the reception of the next full clip. It-is to be understood that the scope of my invention includes any-arrangenaent that will temporarily support aclip of cartridges above'a ide or the like leadin to a hopper or simi ar cartridge receptac e, and any plunger or equivalent device for stripping the cartridges out of the said clip and then operating or transmitting suitable motion to :1 device for ejecting orthrowing out the empty clip; and that the application of my invention to machineslfor filling cartridgema zines other than of the Lewis gun type, or: or'filling machine-gun belts, strip-chargers and the like, differs in-no essential respout-from its application to'a Lewis magazine 'filler as herein described.-' I

"FT-his'application is a: continuation in part of my'iormenapplication', Serial Number 17 6,863,'- filed- June 25, 1917," Patent No. 1,313,727,-dated August 19,1919. Ha'ving now described my invention, what I claim' and desire toseeure' by" Letters Pat- "1.The' combination-with a device for supporting clipped am'r'nunition' and positively e-cartridges' therefrom, of a defor'ejctin'g the empty clipl".

2X18. device of-'the' character described, comprising a-"cartridge 'guide having, in one side,-'anaperture: or=openinwhere- Yae introand' said cartridgeguide' bein *projvided, above the aperturewith manna ly-operat'ed means wherebycartridnes are stripped from the positioned clip, and a device operated by said 'ineans i'foruejecting thefl'empty clip through the aperture 'after the stripping of the cartridges-has been effected.

'1 3. Afdevice'o'fthi character described,

' comprising a cartridge-guide having, in one side,;an'aperture or openingwherethro'ugh a clip' :of cartridges may be introduced, said aperture bein'g formed witlr' seatings for supporting or positioning the clip, and said partridge-guide; being provided, above the 'iplerture with the manually-operated means w ereby cartridges are strip edfrom the position clip, a device operate by said means for ejecting the empty- 011p through the Aperture after the stripping of the (iart ridges has ben'eflected,'said cartndg'e-stripping evice consistingof a spring-returned depres- 5 sible plunger, and a. clip ejector'consisting of a pivoted limb, which en ges' the clip when the latter i s p9siti9ne m the cit r AVMABLE COPY I mum Ridge-guide, and is adapted to be operated from the said plunger, substantially as here m described. I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this-specification.

HARRY ROBERT NORTHOVER. 

